In our weekly series, we bring you the latest in luxury news around the world. This week’s highlights: Miss Dior Essence, Chanel’s radical new Bleu and Piaget’s Altiplano expressions

Bvlgari’s AW25 eyewear collection

Drawing inspiration from Bvlgari‘s legendary jewellery icons, the autumn/winter 2025 eyewear collection translates timeless aesthetic codes into contemporary designs that bring rich materials and on-trend silhouettes together. This season introduces new styles within the Serpenti and Divas’ Dream lines, featuring signature motifs that echo their jewellery counterparts. Available in select boutiques worldwide starting September 2025.

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Unlike the rest of the Yamazaki lineup, this is aged entirely in Japanese Mizunara oak, making it the oldest whisky from the distillery to receive this treatment. Photo by Suntory

Yamazaki’s oldest single malt to age in Mizunara

This new 25-year-old Yamazaki is destined to become a collector’s item, as it should. Unlike the rest of the Yamazaki lineup, this is aged entirely in Japanese Mizunara oak, making it the oldest whisky from the distillery to receive this treatment. Delicate and beautiful with notes of sandalwood, vanilla, nutmeg, cinnamon and a bit of ripe red berry, its rarity is matched with a handcrafted box, assembled using a traditional Japanese nail-free “locking” method. Yours for an SRP US$7,500 in stores and online.

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Chaumet continues to reinvent the tiara, this time with the Triomphe. Photo by Chaumet

Chaumet’s latest Triomphe

In true avant-garde fashion, Chaumet continues to redefine the boundaries of jewellery, reinventing the tiara with the Triomphe, a ring boldly transposed for a man. As tribute to the Maison’s first major client, Emperor Napoléon I, this grand creation comes adorned with a two-carat, emerald-cut diamond, and boasts modern, graphic lines and black lacquer for a sense of masculinity.

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Miss Dior Essence makes an impression with fruity, gourmand, woody and floral notes. Photo by Dior

An extraordinary soul

Fruity, luscious and juicy, Miss Dior Essence is as sexy as it is an irreverent pop-art statement. Conveying the strength of an extraordinary soul, this perfume is graced with striking, colourful, gourmand accords—an olfactory manifesto that makes a confident impression. Yours for a starting price of S$191 at the Dior online boutique.

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The Bleu de Chanel L’Exclusif. Photo by Chanel

Chanel’s radical new Bleu

Olivier Polge’s fascinating new creation of Chanel questions the status quo of perfumery, pushing the boundaries of masculinity with power, richness and complexity. Fuelled by majestic sandalwood, the Bleu de Chanel L’Exclusif captures attention with leathery and resinous notes and a sophisticated complexity that evokes a sense of mystery.

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The Altiplano Ultimate Concept Tourbillon, made with a 970P-UC-Piaget Manufacture ultra-thin flying tourbillon. Photo by Piaget

The Altiplano 910P features an ultra-thin self-winding 910P calibre. Photo by Piaget

A charming duet by Piaget

Blending ultra-thin mechanical mastery with Piaget’s jewellery expertise, two Altiplano expressions have been introduced: the Altiplano Ultimate Concept Tourbillon and the Altiplano 910P, now available in khaki green and yellow gold, and yellow gold respectively. Both pieces mark the pinnacle of a nearly seven-decade journey, since the legendary 9P movement was introduced in 1957, and the groundbreaking 12P in 1960.

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